japmn wrote:My experience with all in one recorder/mixers (akaiDPS24, RolandVS-2480) is that as soon as I start using them I whish I was just using a DAW. IT's so much faster and seasier to do any editing, mixing, etc in a DAW vs. these all in one boxes. I do like them as a "I can travel the country...

Justin Foley wrote:For basic digital recording of live music (not electronic/software generated sounds), here's how I'd spend my money....Excellent points. Frankly this is what I was doing with the Sound Devices MixPre-6, but I just need a few more channels. The thing I really liked about the MixPre...

projectMalamute wrote:Bennett Williams wrote:Would you know anything about this unit?https://www.soundcraft.com/en/products/ui24rI mix live shows on one of those things all the time.They sound good. This would be for a home studio. How good are the mic preamps?

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numberthirty wrote:So...Something standalone is what you would prefer, or am I getting that wrong?Yes and no. I am open to any suggestion. May something standalone would be really expensive, maybe something that would work with Ableton is better, whatever. Let me hear your thoughts.

numberthirty wrote:Ah, copy that.I guess it would depend on...- How much "Really" expensive winds up being in this instance.- How much you would like a "Hit record, and play." solution.(assuming it won't be overdub heavy)First off, my day gig is a high school teacher, so I am not living large by any...

numberthirty wrote:Going over that, the next obvious question is if everyone can hang with a lone headphone mix or if you would separate mixes for the involved folks.They can hang.

numberthirty wrote:Ok.If it was me working this out, there are a couple of stand alone rigs that I might be thinking about in your situation. The one hitch is that I believe that they will be 24 bit versus (what I believe is) 32 bit in the MixPre 6 that you seem to be a fan of.Lay it on me.

So I want to buy a small format recording setup. By small I mean that I probably will not go above recording more than 16 tracks at a time (maybe not even more than eight). I have a pair of good studio monitors, a handful of some decent microphones, headphones, etc. This is simply for recording my e...

Would you know anything about this unit?https://www.soundcraft.com/en/products/ui24r